Want to listen to the new Green Day album? How about for free? Well, here’s your chance:

The East Bay trio, who has long ranked as one of the biggest bands in the world, is currently streaming “Uno!” on its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/greenday). Just click on the tab that reads “Hear Uno! Now” and you can listen to the full record.

Don’t you feel special? Especially since the album doesn’t even hit stores until Sept. 25.

“Uno” is the first in a trio of new albums to be released by the band, which consists of vocalist-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool. That will be followed by “Dos!” on Nov. 13 and “Tre!” (as in Tre Cool) on Jan. 15.

Green Day will support its new releases with a small-venue tour that includes three Northern California dates.

The group will perform at 9 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Fillmore in San Francisco (www.livenation.com) Dec. 1 at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento and Dec. 4 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (www.axs.com for both Sacramento and Santa Cruz shows).

Jim Harrington is the pop music critic for the Bay Area News Group. He began writing about the Bay Area music scene in 1992 and became the full-time pop music critic for the organization's Oakland Tribune in 2006. He is a South Bay native and graduate of San Francisco State University.

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